utils.py

import errno
import numpy as np
import os


def mkdir_p(path):
    # Copied from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/600268/mkdir-p-functionality-in-python
    try:
        os.makedirs(path)
    except OSError as exc:  # Python >2.5
        if exc.errno == errno.EEXIST and os.path.isdir(path):
            pass
        else:
            raise
    return path


def bow_encoding(sentence_size, embedding_size):
    pass


def position_encoding(sentence_size, embedding_size):

    """
    Position Encoding described in section 4.1 [1]
    """
    encoding = np.ones((embedding_size, sentence_size), dtype=np.float32)
    ls = sentence_size+1
    le = embedding_size+1
    for i in range(1, le):
        for j in range(1, ls):
            encoding[i-1, j-1] = (i - (le-1)/2) * (j - (ls-1)/2)
    encoding = 1 + 4 * encoding / embedding_size / sentence_size
    return np.transpose(encoding)